adjective
- resembling or characteristic of a hog; having qualities associated with pigs, such as being dirty, greedy, or gluttonous
Usage: informal; often used pejoratively to describe human behavior
Examples
- His hoglike appetite meant he ate everything on the table in minutes.
- The hoglike conditions of the abandoned barn made it unsuitable for animals.
- She criticized his hoglike manners at the dinner table.
- The hoglike behavior of the crowd at the sale was embarrassing to witness.
- He had a hoglike snout and small, beady eyes.
- Their hoglike greed for money drove them to unethical business practices.